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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

bloco.

block

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈblɔ.ku/Brazil/ˈblɔ.ku/Portugal

  1. block

    masculine

  2. bloc

    masculine

  3. pad, notebook

    masculine

  4. group of musicians and performers that mobilize crowds during carnival in Brazil

    Brazil · masculine
Where this word comes from

From French bloc (“group, block”), from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch bloc (“treetrunk”), from Old Saxon *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhulg'-, from *bhelg'- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”).

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